John Mayer - Room For Squares

John Mayer - Room For Squares lyrics

No Such Thing
Why Georgia
My Stupid Mouth
Your Body Is A Wonderland
Neon
City Love
83
3x5
Love Song For No One
Back To You
Great Indoors
Not Myself
Untitled
St. Patrick's Day
Lenny
The Wind Cries Mary

No Such Thing

Welcome to the real world, she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits and maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible
I am invincible
I am invincible
As long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

Why Georgia

Fold me up
Take me out
I'm portable

Well out here, we have anything we want
We have anything we want at all
Well out here, we'll just bolt it to the floor
tape it to the wall

Rolling with the satellite
Watching the Cosby show on Nick At Night
I'm weary but I'm feeling right
I am a soldier now

Fold me up, fold me up
Take me out, take me out
I'm portable

Out here, we just sing and play whatever we feel
And the threat of falling out of bed at night
is real
When you're travelling on a box with 18 wheels, oh

If I can go anywhere at all
If I can go anywhere at all, oh
If I can go anywhere at all

If I can go anywhere, anywhere
And if I can go anywhere at all
And if I can go anywhere at all
I mean if I really,really,really can go anywhere
at all
Won't you tell me why
Won't you tell me why
Why, why Georgia, why

I am driving up
85 in the
Kind of morning that
Lasts all afternoon
I'm just stuck inside the gloom

Four more exits to
My apartment but
I am tempted to
Keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind

Cuz I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

Am I living it right
Am I living it right
Am I living it right
Why, why Georgia why?

I rent a room and I
Fill the spaces with
Wood in places to
Make it feel like home
But all I feel's alone

It might be a quarter life crisis
Or just a stirring in my soul

Either way--
I wonder sometime about the outcome
Of a still verdictless life

Am I living it right
Am I living it right
Am I living it right
Why, why Georgia why?

So what so I've got a smile on
But its hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down

Everybody is
Just a stranger but
That's the danger in
Going my own way
I guess it's a price I have to pay
Still--
"Everything happens
For a reason"
Is no reason not to ask myself

If I'm living it right
Am I living it right
Am I living it right

Why, tell me why--
Why, why georgia why

My Stupid Mouth

My stupid mouth has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see she was offended
She said well anyway..
just dying for a subject change.

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said think before speaking
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess
with the salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good,
what just slipped out,
and what went wrong

Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again
How could I forget?
Mama said think before speaking
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
Starting now

One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked, just wanna be funny
Looks like the joke's on me
So call me Captain Backfire

I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
Starting now

Your Body Is A Wonderland

We've got the afternoon, you got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me, discovering you.

One mile to every inch of your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and your bubblegum tongue
and if you want love, we'll make it
Swimming in a deep sea of blankets
Take all your big plans and break 'em
This is bound to be a while

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head)
Your body is a wonderland

There's something 'bout the way the hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it
You want love? We'll make it
Swimming in a deep sea of blankets
Take all your big plans and break 'em
This is bound to be a while

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head)
Your body is a wonderland

Damn baby, you frustrate me
I know you're mine, all mine, all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head)
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland

Neon

When sky blue gets dark enough
To see the colors of the city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Hits her like a sunrise

She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can

Tonight she's out to lose herself
And find a high on Peachtree Street
From mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
Heavy into everything

She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows
She's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like
Neon, neon
Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away, away

I can't be her angel now
You know it's not my place to hold her down
And it's hard for me to take a stand
When I would take her anyway I can

She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like

Neon, neon
Neon, neon
But who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like

Neon, neon
Neon, neon
But who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

City Love

I never liked this Apple much
It always seemed too big to touch
I can't remember how I found
My way before she came around

I tell everyone
I smile just because
I got a city love
I found it in Lydia
And I can't remember life before her name

She keeps a toothbrush at my place
As if I had the extra space
She steals my clothes to wear to work
I know her hairs are on my shirt

I tell everyone
I smile just because
I got a city love
I found in Lydia
And I can't remember life before

The day she called up and came to me
Covered in rain with dinnertime shadowing
And as her clothes spun we spooned
And I knew I was through
When I said, "I love you"

Friday evening, we've been drinking
Two A.M. I swear that I just might propose
But we close the tab
Split a cab
And call each other up when we get home, yeah
Falling asleep to the sound of sirens

I got a city love, oh
And I found it in America, oh oh oh
From the battery to the gallery
It's the kind of thing you only see
In scented, glossy magazines

And I can't remember life before her name

83

I have these dreams I'm walking home
home where it used to be
everything is as it was
frozen in front of me

here I stand six feet small
romanticizing years ago
but it's a bittersweet feeling
hearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio

and these days
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
had it made in 83

thinking 'bout my brother Ben
I miss him everyday
he looks just like his brother John
but on an eighteen month delay

here I stand six feet small
and smiling cause I'm scared as hell
kinda like your life is like a sequel to a movie
where the actors' names have changed

well well these days
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
if my life was more like 1983
plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me

and most my memories have escaped me
or confused themselves with dreams
if heaven's all they want it to be
send your prayers to me care of 1983

you can paint that house a rainbow of colors
rip out the floorboards
replace the shutters
but that's my plastic in the dirt

whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my lunchbox
when came the day that it got
thrown away and
don't you think I should have had some say in that decision

if only my life
if only my life
if only my life
if only my life
if only my life
(fades singing if only my life)

3x5

I'm writing you to
catch you up on places I've been
You held this letter
probably got excited, but there's nothing else inside it
didn't have a camera by my side this time
hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm
in the mood to lose my way with words

Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy's cliché
And strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky
are next to mountains anyway
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm
in the mood to lose my way
but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
just no more 3x5's

Guess you had to be there
Guess you had to be with me

Today I finally overcame
tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm in the mood to
lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
no more 3x5's
just no more 3x5's

Love Song For No One

Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack thereof
After all the crushes are faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm jaded
I hate it

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
(get here)

Searching all my days just to find you
I'm not sure who I'm looking for
I'll know it
When I see you
Until then, I'll hide in my bedroom
just staying up all night just to write
A love song for no one

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here

I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
Oh no way

I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
You'll be so good
You'll be so good for me

Back To You

Back to you
It always comes around, back to you
I tried to forget you, I tried to stay away
But it's too late

Over you
I'm never over, over you
Something about you
It's just the way you move
The way you move me

Yeahhh I'm so good at forgetting
And I quit every game I play
But forgive me, love
I can't turn and walk away

Back to you
It always comes around, back to you
I walk with your shadow
I'm sleeping in my bed
With your silhouette

Yeahhh, should have smiled in that picture
If it's the last that I'll see of you
It's the least that you
Could not do

Leave the light on
I'll never give up on you
Leave the light on
For me too, for me too
For me too

Back to me
I know that it comes back to me
Doesn't it scare you
Your will is not as strong
As it used to be

Great Indoors

check your pulse
its proof that you're not listening to
the call your life�s been issuing you
the rhythm of a line of idle days

scared of the world outside you should go explore
pull all the shades and wander the great indoors
the great indoors

lamplight makes the shadows play
and posters take the walls away
the TV is your window pane
the view wont let you down

so put your faith in a late night show
I bet you didn't even know
depends on how far out you go
The channel numbers change

scared of the world outside you should go explore
pull all the shades and wander the great indoors

though lately I can't blame you
I have seen the world
And sometimes wish your room had room for two

so go unlock the door
and find what you are here for
leave the great indoors
Please leave the great indoors

check your pulse
its proof that you're not listening to
the call your life�s been issuing you
the rhythm of a line of idle days

Not Myself

Suppose I said
I am on my best behavior
And there are times
I lose my worried mind

Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while I am someone else?

Suppose I said
Colors change for no good reason
And words will go
From poetry to prose

Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while I am someone else?

And I, in time, will come around
I always do for you

Suppose I said
You're my saving grace

Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while I am someone else?

Untitled

hold onto whatever you find baby
hold onto whatever will get u through
hold onto whatever u can baby
cuz i dont trust myself in love with you

im not the man i used to be
i havent told that to my heart just yet
i wont tell my love a thousand....
and ill even let the water come in

hold onto whatever you can baby
hold onto whatever will get u there
dont know how much longer ill be here
cuz i dont trust myself in love with you

who do you love
who do you love
who do you love
you better call them up
you better call them up
oooo

i wont talk myself forever in your arms
then ill always look to get out of them yeah
cuz i cant tell you what i think i really want
cuz when it comes down to it i dont even care
dont even care anymore

hold onto whatever u want baby
hold onto whatever will get you through
dont know how much longer ill be around baby
cuz i dont trust myself in love with you
sing it now

who do you love
gotta let go
i want some love
oh who ive been waiting who

hold onto whatever u want baby
hold onto whatever will get u through
leave right now im tired of talkin baby
cuz i dont trust myself in love with you

hold onto whatever u want baby
hold onto what u thought u knew
the wind round here blows everything baby
i dont trust myself in love with you
i dont trust myself in love with you
i dont trust myself in love with you
i dont trust myself in love with you

St. Patrick's Day

Here, comes the cold.
Break out the winter clothes
And find a love to call your own.

You...enter you.
Your cheeks a shade of pink
And the rest of you in powder blue.

Who knows, what will be?
But I'll make you this guarantee...

No way November will see our goodbyes
When it comes to December it's obvious why
No one wants to be alone at Christmas time

In the dark, on the phone,
You tell me the names of your brothers
And your favorite colors...I'm learning you.

And when, it snows again
We'll take a walk outside
And search the sky, like children do (I'll say to you..)

No way November will see our goodbyes
When it comes to December it's obvious why.
No one wants to be alone at Chrismas time.
Come January, we're frozen inside.
Making new resolutions a hundred times
February, won't you be my valentine?
And we'll both be safe till St. Patrick's day.

We should take a ride tonight around the town
And look around at all the beautiful houses.
Something in the way the blue light's on the black night
Can make you feel more

Everybody it seems to me,
Just wants to be, just like you and me

No one wants to be alone at Christmas time
Come January we're frozen inside
Making new resolutions a hundred times.
February, won't you be my valentine?

And if our always is all that we gave
And we someday, take that away
I'll be alright...if it was just till St. Patrick's Day.

Lenny

After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footsteps dressed in red
And the wind whispers mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries mary
The traffic lights, they turn, uh, blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags down stream
?cause the life that lived is,
Is dead
And the wind screams mary
Uh-will the wind ever remember
The names it has blow in the past?
And with this crutch, it?s old age, and it?s wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries mary

The Wind Cries Mary

After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind wispers mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind wispers mary

The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow

And shine their emptiness down, down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'cause the life that lived is, is dead
And the wind screams mary
And the wind cries mary

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
With it's crutch, it's old age, and it's wisdom
It whispers "no, this won't be the last"
And the wind cries mary
And the wind cries mary

John Mayer - Room For Squares lyrics

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